Aeŏlĭus, a, um, adj., = Αἰόλιος, pertaining to Aeolus, Aeolia, or Aeolis, Aeolian.
I Pertaining to Aeolus , the god of the winds , or to his posterity; Euri, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 29: venti, Tib. 4, 1, 58: aurum, the golden fleece (of the ram) on which Phrixus and Helle , the grandchildren of Aeolus , fled , Vai. Fl. 8, 79: virgo, i. e. Arne or Canace , Ov. M. 6, 116: postes, i. e. fores domūs Athamantis Aeoli filii, id. ib. 4, 486. —
II Pertaining to Aeolia or Aeolis : insulae, Plin. 36, 21, 42, § 154: pontus, Sil. 14, 233.— Aeŏlii , ōrum, m., = Aeoles, the Aeolians , the inhabitants of Aeolia , in Asia Minor , Vell. 1, 4; Mel. 1, 18, 1.—Hence,
III Pertaining to the Aeolians : puella, i. e. Sappho , as a Lesbian woman, Hor. C. 4, 9, 12: carmen, a Sapphic or Alcaic ode , id. ib. 4, 3, 12; cf.: Aeoliis fidibus querentem Sappho, id. ib. 2, 13, 24; lyra, Ov. H. 15, 200: plectrum, Prop. 2, 3, 19.